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No. 63.098. l l Patented March l19, l867.

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Letters Patent No, 63,098, dated IMarch 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIRE-PLACES.

T() ALL WHOM IT MAY VCONCERN: v

Be it known that I, ISRAEL I. RICHARDSON, of Delaware, in the county of Delaware, and State of Ohio, have invented anew andimprovcd Fire-Place; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, suiicient to enable'one skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make use of it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which lnyinvention is represented by elevations. v

The grate occupies the ordinary position, and upon the sides, occupying recesses in thejamb, are chambers, through which the lues from the grate are conducted. The chambers are closed in front by perforated vornamental doors, through which the heat passes to the ro'oin. .At the lowerbend of the lues are ash-pans, to'oollect the dust which blows over,vand the ilues, after radiating heat in the chambers, discharge'into the chimney above the grate ceiling'. l

In the drawings, .Ais the grate; the ash-pit; C the fender.' .The grate may be set as usual, with its front flush with the face of the chimney wall; butinstead of discharging backwardand upward into the chimney lucs D on cach side, lead froml points beneath the ceiling of the grateand pass into chambers, E, ou each side. Thecharnbers E, by preference, havebright metal back walls, so as to radiate the-.heat towards the front, where it passes through thc perforations or ornamental openings4 in the doors F F into the rooms. lThe fines D pass into a chamber, G',wherein is an ash-box, M, to collect dust and ashes, and thence recur-ving upward, they reach a coupling, H, where they unite, and together discharge their contents into the chir'nney.y

The grate thus constructed, with auxiliary air-heating, chambers, iscapable of as much neatness and ornamental appearance'asthe usual and `favorite' grate, and'l thus much of the economy jef the stove and radiator is attained without/the unsightliness and inconvenience of the stove, which occupies so much room and is in some other respects so undesirable and unpopular in neparlo'rs. The radiatingfand heating-power of the apparatus thus constructed is much greater than that of the grate alone, as so much of the heat which would otherwise pass up the chimney is, by moans of myarrangement, ilnpartedto the air inthe chamhers'EE. fromA whence it passes thronglrthe perforations in the door into the room.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l y I claim the arrangement of* the open grate A, chambers E, recessed in the jamb, and with perforated front doors and reverbcrating'flucs D D, as described and represented.

' ISRAEL I. RICHARDSON.'

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. Kun/10N, Guo.. W. Ro'rnwnLL. 

